After watching his side get beaten 5-2 by Sheffield Steeldogs on Sunday (October 25) at Spectrum, which followed a 7-4 trouncing at Swindon Wildcats 24 hours earlier, the head coach made his feelings quite clear.

“It won’t surprise people to hear us say we are not happy with these results," he said, having seen Flames concede five goals within 13 minutes at the start of Saturday's game.

Dixon commended his side for fighting back but was less forgiving about Sunday's setback, saying: "They were simply better than us all night long.

"They outworked us, they outshot us and they often outmanned us on the puck. They deserved the result they created for themselves."

It all started so well for Flames at Swindon as they went ahead through Jens Eriksson within 28 seconds only for the roof to fall in after Carlos Finucci levelled.

Adam Harding put the Wildcats in front on 7:33, then goals by Tomasz Malasinski, Finucci shorthanded, and Aaron Nell in the next five minutes had the home team in command with a four-goal lead at the break.

Matt Towe cut the deficit only for Finucci to reply with his third of the evening. Eriksson narrowed the gap again and Kevin Phillips claimed a powerplay marker at 48:05 to make it 6-4 but Malasinksi’s second of the evening in the 54th finished off Flames.

Cole Shudra and Eriksson swapped goals in the second period but another Korhorn marker in the final session, Shudra's second and Arnoldas Bosas in the 47th nailed the points for Sheffield.

Looking back at Swindon, Dixon added: “Unfortunately, an exceptionally costly short span of time ensured we could not win the game, despite going on to badly outshoot them the rest of the way.

"We outscored them 3-2 in the final 40 minutes but a four-goal deficit when you are barely halfway into the opening period borders on insurmountable.

"To pick a positive out, everyone kept playing like they were intent on winning the game and we did pull to a point where it seemed like it might be possible, so from a team character standpoint there were some good things to take from that."